Women Written  By Sylvia Plath

 11 Aug, 2025

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"I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don't ask me who I am." (The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath)

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"I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love." (The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath)

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"Please, I want so badly for the good things to happen." (The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath)

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"I need a father. I need a mother. I need some older, wiser being to cry to. I talk to God, but the sky is empty." (The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath)

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"Why can't I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is more becoming?" (The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath)

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"I desire the things which will destroy me in the end." (The Bell Jar)

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""Is there no way out of the mind?" (Sylvia Plath)

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""The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence."" (The Bell Jar)

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"I am afraid of getting older. I am afraid of getting married. Spare me from cooking three meals a day-spare me from the relentless cage of routine and rote. I want to be free. I want, I think, to be omniscient." (Letters Home)

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"The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther." (The Bell Jar)